Bradford's historic streets and scenic, industrial views are set to appear in the backdrop of several new TV shows and films this coming year.
From transforming the streets of Little Germany into Soviet Russia to making use of old courtrooms and museums, the city has played a part in at least six different productions shot in 2022 so far.
We've put together a guide to cinema and TV filmed in Bradford during 2022 so far.
TV shows and films shot in Bradford during 2022
Better
The latest film shoot saw Bingley Bypass partially closed for a new BBC thriller series called Better, following on from filming in Leeds earlier in 2022.
Made by the writers of Humans and Spooks, the new edge-of-your-seat style TV show follows the character of Lou Slack, a police officer battling with the dangerous reality of decisions she made long ago.
Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent said: "This incredible cast are exciting us every day, pushing the show’s exploration of morality and redemption to ever more thrilling, surprising, and yet darkly funny places."
It will star I Hate Suzie's Leila Farzad, Broadchurch's Andrew Buchan, Peaky Blinder's Samuel Edward-Cook and many more well known faces.
Filming for Better recently took place at Cannon Mills in Lidget Green.
The broadcaster describes the series as "one woman’s epic battle towards redemption, to reclaim the honour and honesty she handed over to a man many years ago".
Unknown filming project in Bradford city centre
The first filming to take place in Bradford this year was an unknown project in the Victorian courtroom at Bradford Police Museum.
In the past, the courtroom has been used by TV and film productions including Coronation Street.
The reason for filming remains a secret.
The Crown
Just days later, separate film crews arrived for the filming of hit Netflix show, The Crown.
City centre streets in Little Germany were taken back in time to 1990s Moscow as set designers added Russian signs to buildings and replaced street signs with Russian name plates.
Roads near Forster Square were closed and props including shop signs, posters, a telephone box and a car were brought in to mimic 1990s Russia.
The cast and crew were filming for the fifth series of the multi-award winning show, due to air at the end of the year.
This section of The Crown follows the Queen and Prince Philip, as the royal couple pay a visit to Moscow.
The series will star Imelda Staunton as the Queen, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret and Elizabeth Debicki plays the role of Diana, Princess of Wales.
ITV soap Emmerdale
At the end of March, ITV soap Emmerdale was spotted filming next to Bradford's oldest Beerhouse, Jacobs Well.
The show set up base in Kent Street and filmed in the nearby underpass. Although it is not known what scenes were filmed at the location, it is understood paramedics were involved in some way.
"Actors have been coming in and enjoying a drink after filming," Jacobs Well landlord Daniel Horsman said at the time.
Happy Valley
In April, excitement and anticipation took hold in Thornton as filming of popular BBC crime drama, Happy Valley, got underway.
Residents gathered on Market Street, after receiving a notice through their doors.
Signs at Thornton Dental Care were replaced for filming purposes while Siobhan Finneran - who plays Clare Cartwright in the show - was spotted with Sally Wainwright and another crew member.
Fans watched scenes unfold as Siobhan got into character and made a phone call while cameras rolled.
ITV drama Project M
In the same month, an estate in Allerton was turned into a film set for ITV's three-part drama Project M.
A green adjacent to Rayner Mount was used for two days with filming lasting until 11pm.
It involved scenes featuring a police investigation with marked force cars, police officers and a forensic tent used. Filming also took place at some of the ginnels and paths in the area near to the green.
No further details are known about the details of the story behind the drama or its transmission date.
TV documentary
Earlier this month, Apperley Bridge residents became curious after film crew vans parked up in The George and Dragon pub car park.
One resident, who had been watching filming, noticed a couple of older cars, a Volvo and a Vauxhall Cavalier.
Rumours suggested it was for a TV documentary series about a missing woman in the 1990s.
Speaking to the Telegraph & Argus at the time, David Wilson - director of Bradford UNESCO City of Film - said: "There are a number of really high-quality TV dramas filming across West Yorkshire at the moment.
"Judging by the number of enquiries we are dealing with at the Bradford Film Office, this trend is set to continue for some time to come, bringing more work opportunities to the area and eventually more screen tourism opportunities when the shows finally make it onto TV or into the cinema.”
Filming in Bradford during 2021
A number of films and TV shows were filmed in Bradford district during 2021, including Netflix series The Witcher: Blood Origin, Ali & Ava, shot largely on Holme Wood estate; Gentleman Jack, filmed in Haworth, Saltaire and Bingley; The Railway Children Return and The Duke, filmed at Little Germany, Cannon Mills and Cartwright Hall.
One of Bradford's biggest claims to fame is hosting film crews for Peaky Blinders in a number of places since the show began in 2013.
The show has featured the Midland Hotel, Undercliffe Cemetery, Little Germany, Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, Lidget Green and many more famous locations.
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